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Liability Waiver Decision a Step Forward for Entrenching Uniformity
In his Admiralty Law column, James E. Mercante of Rubin, Fiorella & Friedman discusses a recent Western District decision which involved a passenger aboard a jet boat in the Niagara River who was injured during a whitewater excursion through rapids in navigable waters and how the court followed maritime law on the issue of pre-accident liability waivers.
Spying Employers Raise Legal Hackles
A growing number of employers are hiring private investigators to spy on employees suspected of taking leave dishonestly under the Family Medical Leave Act. Management-side attorneys claim that FMLA abuses have gotten out of hand, noting that private investigators have caught employees bowling, doing yard work or holding second jobs when they're supposed to be out on sick leave. Employee-rights attorneys, meanwhile, view surveillance as harassment, intimidation and an interference with workers' rights.
Obama and McCain Might Try Reading Some Financial History
As the presidential candidates prepare for their last speeches and debates, I doubt they'll be cracking the history books. But America has seen many financial storms and crises in financial policy, and many presidential candidates have found themselves in heated financial-policy debates.In-house Insight: Partnering is the Key to Profitability
With businesses facing growing competition, shrinking profit margins, and the need to improve control over costs, general counsel are learning that partnering arrangements with outside counsel can be the key to profitability. Conferences such as Partnering 2000 in Tysons Corner, Va., are illustrating how committed partnering efforts can result in better working environments and long-term savings and profits.Conflicting views on U.S.'s global presence
The world is changing. Whatever shall we do Three recent books about the shifting place of the U.S. amid the relentless rise of China and India offer wildly different advice for the next American president. "Be Bismarck," argues one. Create a "United States of the West," urges another. Stop behaving like a "Bad Samaritan," scolds the third.Revising the Horizontal Merger Guidelines…And Why It Matters
Bruce H. Schneider, a partner at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, and Katherine Puzone, an associate with the firm, write that about the time of the last substantial revision of the Horizontal Merger Guidelines, officials at the FTC wrote that "the real test of the success of the guidelines would be their acceptance by the bench." By that standard, the Guidelines have had enormous success, but it is precisely because of that high degree of judicial acceptance that the antitrust agencies now face a serious jurisprudential challenge in updating the Guidelines.
Southern District Civil Practice Roundup
Edward M. Spiro and Judith L. Mogul, principals of Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, write that, for the recipient, a 30(b)(6) notice carries with it substantial obligations to designate and prepare appropriate witness(es) - obligations the recipient ignores at its peril.TRENDING STORIES
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